>I spent Saturday in a workshop on Kinesthetic Modeling (KM), a right-brain, hands-on, 3-D facilitation tool. Like a child with a new toy or a craftsperson with a new tool, I am itching to play with it some more! I first heard of KM from my colleagues Andrea Saveri and Leslie Salmon-Zhu; we used it […]
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>One of my favorite recent reads is Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project. She embarked on a year-long quest to become a happier person. As I am a sometimes snarky, often irritated, highly critical person, the idea of instigating a similar project for myself was somewhat appealing. (It was especially appealing to my wife!) So I have […]
>On Friday, about twenty GoLocal business members met for breakfast. The GoLocal campaign is all about promoting the benefits of purchasing local products and services, and of course we all want local consumers to patronize our businesses. We also need to examine our businesses’ buying behaviors, and maximize our own opportunities to Shop Local. We […]
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>I started my facilitation & consulting practice working with cohousing communities scattered around the state, doing a LOT of driving. Over the past year, I have been working to grow my business locally. Some facts about going local: Buying from locally owned businesses keeps money circulating in the local economy THREE TIMES longer! Small businesses […]
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>Our national holiday of giving thanks has devolved into an orgy of overeating and commercialism. I’m organizing a World Cafe gathering here in Cotati to discuss, celebrate, and promote gratitude. What are we grateful for? How can we maintain a sense of gratitude in the face of hard economic times and personal challenges? How can […]
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>Just signed up for mediator certification training with RECOURSE Conflict Resolution Services, a community-based organization that offers community mediation in Sonoma County. I look forward to volunteering with them afterwards.
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>Whether you are an entrepreneur promoting your business or an activist promoting a cause, success depends upon the ability to present your message with confidence and ease. Memorizing speeches or preparing PowerPoint slides can only take you so far. When you run into a potential lead or client in an unexpected place and time, you […]
>”Our mission is to enhance value-added initiatives and engineer interactive metrics so as to maximize holistic, relational opportunities for system-wide transformation. We do this by synergizing one-to-one partnerships and embracing out-of-the-box solutions as we empower communities to creatively leverage mission-critical paradigm shifts.” I was checking out the competition today, looking at the websites of various […]
>Author Vicki Robin (Your Money or Your Life) was in town for a lecture and stayed here at FrogSong last night. Today she facilitated a meeting of representatives from local sustainability organizations with the theme “Accelerating the Transition.” I graphically recorded the session and will post photos as soon as I get copies from the […]
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>Whenever I give a talk – even just a 30-second elevator speech – folks ask me how I got so comfortable with public speaking. They ask if I can recommend a class in public speaking, or if they should join Toastmasters. What I tell them is that improvisation classes are what did it for me. […]
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